Making an ‘Impact’: 40 Square honors National Co-op Month

Throughout October, 40 Square Cooperative Solutions is celebrating National Co-op month. We are proud of our unique status as the first – and only! – Minnesota agricultural co-op focusing exclusively on health plans for farm families, agribusinesses and their employees through access to self-funded health insurance options. Minnesota is home to more co-ops than any…

Char’s Recipe: Spaghetti Hot Dish

My husband, Josh, and I both grew up on farms. This was a staple, and is now a staple in our family menu. I’m not sure why it’s called “Spaghetti Hot Dish,” because it doesn’t use spaghetti noodles nor is it in a casserole dish, as hot dishes are (I’ll have to ask my mother-in-law).…

‘Farm Safety Yields Real Results’: 2021 National Farm Safety and Health Week

Agriculture is known as one of the most dangerous industries in America and abroad. According to the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), approximately two million full-time workers were employed in production agriculture in the US in 2018. About 100 agricultural workers suffer a lost-work-time injury every day. National Farm Safety and Health…